STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT II: JEDI OUTCAST ARTICLES

September 10, 2008 - The same month principle photography finished on Return of the Jedi, winding his legendary saga down for the foreseeable future, George Lucas approached video game giant Atari with a proposal. The Atari 2600, launched just five months after Star Wars premiered, owned the relatively new home video game market. Lucas wanted to diversify his company's already-impressive portfolio. It was a perfect fit. LucasFilm Games split off from the main company in May 1982, and immediately started developing for the more advanced Atari 5200 and Atari 800 consoles... none of which were based on the Star Wars trilogy. Exclusive license to produce Star Wars games would be sold to outside companies for years to come.

November 22, 2002 - It's been nine years since we left Kyle Katarn at the end Mysteries of the Sith. While avenging his father's death, the Jedi mercenary came dangerously close to the Dark Side. Reasoning that the Dark Side was too tempting, Kyle has now given up the ways of the Force and traded his lightsaber in during a "toys for guns" drive sponsored by the local chapter of the Evil Empire. Since the Battle for Endor concluded, Kyle's hired himself out to Mon Mothma and the New Republic. He and his pilot, Jan Ors, have been tasked with investigating an Imperial listening post on the planet Kejim. Republic intelligence suggested that the post was deserted but a recent transmission indicates otherwise.

November 2, 2002 - Aspyr has release a demo for their recent title Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. Aspyr has stepped up to the plate recently in terms of supporting the lagging Mac Demo scene, by giving us demos for two of their Star Wars games. Their efforts are much appreciated, and hopefully this begins a trend among Mac publishers.
http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=17391

September 30, 2002 - Aspyr and Westlake Interactive have pushed the status of Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast to Final Candidate. The game should be released sometime in October. The game will also ship with the JK2 mod SDK.
Aspyr has also bumped the status of Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns to Final Candidate. It too, will be released in October.
www.aspyr.com
www.westlakeinteractive.com